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57% Critic Match
Female on the Beach
“She was TOO HUNGRY FOR LOVE... to care where she found it!”
5.7 / 10• 1955• 1h 37m•NR• English
DramaCrimeThrillerRomanceMystery
Storyline
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
Cast & Crew
Joan Crawford
Lynn Markham
Lead
Jeff Chandler
Drummond Hall
Jan Sterling
Amy Rawlinson
Cecil Kellaway
Osbert Sorenson
Judith Evelyn
Eloise Crandall
Charles Drake
Police Lieutenant Galley
Natalie Schafer
Queenie Sorenson
Stuart Randall
Frankovitch
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Pevney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Female on the Beach is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
